Kenneth Carleton Frazier is an American business executive. He is executive chairman and former CEO of the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.. After joining Merck & Co. as general counsel, he directed the company's defense against litigation over the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx. Frazier is the first African American man to lead a major pharmaceutical company. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.
- Occupation
- lawyer, business executive, businessperson
- Position held
- chief executive officer, board of directors member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 17, 1954
